Easy and Delicious Gluten-free Lemon Cake with Rosemary
Today we want to share a new gluten-free cake recipe with you guys, a gluten-free lemon cake with rosemary.
After the last grey and rainy weeks we needed some color on our plates, so Nora came up with this simple and delicious gluten-free lemon cake recipe. Not only the color is wonderful to look at, the whole cake has a perfect consistency and the slightly herb aroma of the rosemary fits so well with the sweet-sour taste from the lemon cake. After some busy weeks in our Berlin studio we finally took the time to go to our beloved countryside place and it was so lovely to enjoy some slow countryside mornings here. We’ve enjoyed the gluten-free lemon cake together with our dear neighbors and friends Rahel, Lea and Anita and everyone loved it! We hope you guys like the new recipe too!
Easy Gluten-Free Lemon Cake with Rosemary
Ingredients
- 250g gluten-free flour mix (we like to use the „Universal“ mix from Bauckhof)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground turmeric (optional, for the color)
- 250g soft butter
- 250g sugar
- 3 eggs (size M or L) – room temperature
- 1 pinch of ground vanilla
- 6-7 tbsp lemon juice – 4 tbsp for the batter and 2-3 tbsp for the icing (about 3 organic lemons, wash lemons beforehand and zest)
- 2 tbsp lemon zest (10g) – 1 tbsp for the dough and 1 tbsp for topping (from about 3 organic lemons)
- 100ml plant milk or coconut milk
- 125g powdered sugar
- 1/2 organic lemon
- 1 tbsp coconut flakes
- 1-2 sprigs of rosemary
Preheat the oven to 180°C/360°F top and bottom heat. Grease and flour a loaf pan.
Mix gluten-free flour mixture, baking powder and turmeric. Beat soft butter for 1 minute with a hand mixer or kitchen machine, then gradually add sugar and finally ground vanilla and beat butter for at least 5 minutes until lightly and more fluffy. Beat in one egg at a time for about 30 seconds. Mix in 4 tbsp lemon juice and 1 tbsp zest. Add the flour and baking powder mix in 2 portions and stir in with a silicone spatula, stir in the vegetable milk in between. Fill the gluten-free batter into the loaf pan and bake the gluten-free lemon cake for 50-60 minutes – make the wooden skewer test to see if the batter is done. Let the gluten-free lemon cake cool for 15 minutes before removing the loaf pan. Sift the icing sugar (if lumpy) then mix the icing sugar with 2-3 tbsp lemon juice and spread the icing on the cake. Top the gluten-free lemon cake with lemon slices of 1/2 organic lemon and refine with coconut flakes and lemon zest. Finely chop the rosemary and sprinkle over the lemon cake.
German Translation
Wir freuen uns heute ein neues Kuchenrezept mit Euch zu teilen und zwar einen glutenfreien Zitronenkuchen mit Rosmarin. Nach den letzten grauen und regnerischen Wochen wollten wir ein bisschen Farbe auf unserem Teller und so kam Nora auf die Idee diesen einfachen und köstlichen Zitronenkuchen zu backen. Aber nicht nur die Farbe ist schön anzusehen auch der Geschmack ist einfach wunderbar – das leicht herbe Aroma des Rosmarins passt wirklich hervorragend zum süß-sauren Zitronenkuchen! Nach ein paar arbeitsreichen Wochen in unserem Studio in Berlin haben wir uns endlich die Zeit genommen raus aufs Land zu fahren und haben uns über die entspannten Tage gefreut. Den köstlichen Zitronenkuchen haben wir mit unseren Nachbarn und guten Freunden Rahel, Lea und Anita genossen und alle waren ganz begeistert. Wir hoffen Ihr lasst Euch das neue Rezept auch gut schmecken Ihr Lieben!
Einfacher Glutenfreier Zitronenkuchen mit Rosmarin
Zutaten
- 250g glutenfreier Mehlmix (wir verwenden gerne die Universalmischung von Bauckhof)
- 2 TL Weinsteinbackpulver
- 1 TL gemahlener Kurkuma (optional, für die Farbe)
- 250g weiche Butter
- 250g Zucker
- 3 Eier (Gr. M oder L) – Zimmertemperatur
- 1 Prise gemahlene Vanille
- 6-7 EL Zitronensaft – 4 EL für den Teig und 2-3 EL für den Zuckerguss (von 3 Bio-Zitronen, Zitronen vorher waschen und zesten)
- 2 EL Zitronenzesten (10g) – 1EL für den Teig und 1 EL für das Topping (von etwa 3 Bio-Zitronen)
- 100ml Pflanzenmilch oder Kokosmilch
- 125g Puderzucker
- 1/2 Bio-Zitrone
- 1 EL Kokosflakes
- 1-2 Zweige Rosmarin
Ofen auf 180°C Ober-und Unterhitze vorheizen. Eine Kastenform fetten und mehlen.
Glutenfreie Mehlmischung, Weinsteinbackpulver und Kurkuma vermischen. Weiche Butter 1 Minute mit dem Handmixer verschlagen, dann nach und nach Zucker und zum Schluß gemahlene Vanille unterschlagen und Butter mindestens 5 Minuten hell und schaumig aufschlagen. Ein Ei nach dem anderen circa 30 Sekunden unterschlagen. 4 EL Zitronensaft und 1 EL Zesten unterrühren. Glutenfreie Mehlmischung in 2 Portionen hinzusieben und mit einem Silikonspatel unterrühren, zwischendurch die Pflanzenmilch unterrühren. Glutenfreien Teig in die Kastenform füllen und glutenfreien Zitronenkuchen für 50-60 Minuten backen – Holzspiess-Test machen, ob der Teig fertig ist. Glutenfreien Zitronenkuchen 15 Minuten abkühlen lassen, bevor man die Kastenform entfernt. Puderzucker sieben (falls klumpig) dann Puderzucker mit 2-3 EL Zitronensaft verrühren und Zuckerguss auf dem Kuchen verteilen. Glutenfreien Zitronenkuchen mit Zitronenscheiben von 1/2 Bio-Zitrone toppen und mit Kokosflakes und Zitronen-Zesten verfeinern. Rosmarin fein hacken und über den Zitronen-Kuchen streuen.
Comments
Lili Mar 09, 2020
Such a delicious cake, I am a big fan of citrus desserts! And of course your photos are beautiful as always, thank you for creating and sharing so much beauty, you truly are an inspiration to me! Lots of love, Lili x
Our food stories - Mar 09, 2020
Thanks a lot for the sweetest words dear Lili <3
Narges Mar 09, 2020
It is definitely one of the tastiest cakes I had. I was just wondering that if I reduce the amount of sugar in recipe and still get the same texture at the end?
Our food stories - Mar 09, 2020
Thanks a lot for the lovely compliment. Yes, if you don't reduce it to 50% it should work out fine :)
Stefanie Deutschbein Mar 10, 2020
The cake look so good, i will try to bake it!
Your Photos are so beautiful!
Our food stories - Mar 11, 2020
So happy to read that, thank you Stefanie :)
Enna Apr 01, 2020
This cake recipe was spot-on! Moist, fluffy, with a fantastic yellow, a crowd-pleaser and not overwhelmingly sweet. Thank you so much for creating and sharing it and presenting it with such a lovely food / photo story.
sabrina Apr 02, 2020
Fantastic cake and photos top...your blog is always so chic. I 'm closed in my home and so after some months, I got back my blog and write a little funny recipe, if you want to have a look, i will wait for you, a comment it is always happiness.
jennie Apr 13, 2020
Looks incredibly delicious! Can’t wait to dive into these, adding to my list of must makes!. (´ε` )♡
Our food stories - Apr 15, 2020
Thanks a lot <3
Busra Apr 15, 2020
Looks amaazing. Love everything about your story, photos and recipes.
Knowing that it wouldn’t be the same w/o sugar, what could be a total/partial substitute to sugar? Thank you! Cheers from Istanbul ~
Our food stories - Apr 15, 2020
We haven't tried the recipe without sugar, so can't really help you here. So sorry. Let us know if you have tried it with something else and if it worked out :)
Alessandra Apr 16, 2020
Love it!! And your photos amazing..
I really want to try it.. I am lactose intollerant can I swap the butter for margarine? Or some kind of vegan butter?
Our food stories - Apr 16, 2020
Thanks so much for the lovely words. Yes, that should work out well too :) Hope you enjoy <3
Eve May 09, 2020
Is there possibility to replace gluten free flour with traditional wheat flour in all your recipes? Would be 1:1?
Our food stories - May 10, 2020
Hi, you can definitely try that and it should work out as well, but you must know, that gluten-free flour sometimes needs more liquid/moisture than others, so if the batter or dough looks to runny add more flour :)
Kait Jun 12, 2021
Can I use Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten-free flour? Will that affect the outcome of the cake?
Our food stories - Jun 15, 2021
Hi Kait, that should work too :) We personally never used it, as we don't have it here in Germany. Let us know if it worked. Hope you enjoy!
Ness Jun 02, 2022
Oh my...I have just come across your blog and I'm blown away by the beautiful photography!! I've bookmarked a few recipes to try tomorrow...and can't wait to see your emails come thru! Xo
Our food stories - Jun 02, 2022
Dear Ness, thanks so much for your wonderful compliment, so happy to read that!! Happy baking <3